Florida education officials are working to strip out a controversial change to the state’s grading system which requires students with severe disabilities to take the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, according to Education Week. State education officials and lawmakers approved the change this year in order to receive a federal waiver from portions of the federal […]
The Florida Department of Education released big news late Friday evening: 213 elementary and middle schools had received incorrect grades and would be revised upward. After revising the scores, 116 more Florida school earned an ‘A’ grade on the state report card. Seven schools moved to a ‘D’ from an ‘F’ grade. The revisions also […]
Editor’s Note: The Florida Department of Education revised 213 school grades after this post was published. Please check the Florida Department of Education for the most recent grades. A higher percentage of charter schools earned an ‘A’ grade on the 2012 report cards than district schools, according to a StateImpact Florida analysis of grade data. […]
Florida released school grades for elementary and middle schools today, and as expected, grades were down across the board. (High school grades include more factors and will be released later.) Here’s five questions explaining the school grades, why the report card system changed and which districts have some good news to report. 1. So how […]
Fewer Florida schools earned an ‘A’ on the state’s annual report card, while more schools saw their grades drop to ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘F,’ according to state Department of Education data released this morning. Last year 58 percent of Florida elementary and middle schools earned a ‘A’ grade. This year the percentage fell to 43 […]
More third graders failed the state’s FCAT reading exam than last year — as state education officials warned. A total of 36,577 third graders — or about 18% of all third grade test takers in the state — failed the FCAT 2.0 reading exam, which is a new, tougher version of the FCAT. The year […]
In Florida’s rural counties, high school leaders say they can’t offer as many college-level courses as large urban high schools. But rural students areĀ more likely to earn college credit for the college courses they do take, than urban students. Low participation counts against the grade high schools get by the state, which is tied to […]
Florida high schools are being judged by the number of students enrolled in college-level classes. Itās tied to bonus money from the state. But in Floridaās rural counties, small schools say they canāt compete with the opportunities at large urban schools. Ashley Carr, a senior at Sneads High School in rural Jackson, Fla., is worried […]
Check out our interactive map on the proportion of college-level courses offered by county.
Monroe County schools superintendent Jesus Jara passes along a timely reminder as Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test season approaches: Lower FCAT scores do not mean students are learning less. The state has raised minimum standards on the FCAT, which means more students are likely to fail to achieve a passing score and require remediation. School grades […]
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